Window air conditioners have a nasty habit of dripping on whatever or whomever stands below as they hum away on a hot sticky day.
Evaporator coil dripping water on filter.
There are 2 common causes of a frozen evaporator coil.
A dirty air filter blocks airflow over the evaporator coil.
Check your air filter to see if it s dirty and change it if needed.
If you burn candles or anything else oily the fins get coated in oil and cause water to drip from the coil rather than wick into the drain pan.
As air cools down it releases the humidity it carries as liquid water.
What makes an air conditioner drip water from the coils.
When that happens the evaporator coil gets too cold and freezes over.
And if your ac isn t running for longer than 3 4 hours i e.
Why your ac filter is wet.
Dirty air filter a dirty air filter blocks airflow over the evaporator coil causing the temperature to drop below freezing and ice up.
So what s causing your ac coils to freeze up in the first place.
When that frozen evaporator coil melts there may be so much water that it flows over the drain pan and then onto the floor.
Air conditioner condensation water dripping your ac has an evaporator coil.
This water condenses on the evaporator coil similar to the condensation that appears on a cold glass of lemonade.
If that doesn t work the coil is not clean enough.
In either case this will cause the evaporator coil to ice up and leak water over the edge of the condensate drain pan.
When air conditioners suck in warm air these systems immediately send it through the evaporator coil to cool down.
Doing more research it appears that this is a common trane defect for the evaporator coil to drip onto the filter.
It is possible that the airflow over the indoor evaporator coil is restricted due to either a dirty coil or a dirty air filter.
The evaporator coil is frozen.
It s like having an ice cold glass of ice water sitting on a table in the summertime.
The ice water will sweat a small pool of water onto the table or.
Check the air filter and change.
A frozen evaporator coil can lead to dripping water that will leave telltale signs of moisture in your drain pan.
Anything that is below the dew point will sweat.
This evaporator coil is designed to operate below the dew point.
Spraying jet dry on the coils.
Well 3 main problems cause this.
If you re dealing with low refrigerant levels this often indicates a refrigerant leak somewhere in the system.
Has anyone found a solution to this.
Ditch that 3m filter they re too restrictive.
The evaporator coil is most likely to freeze if your refrigerant levels are low.
On a cool night it gives those frozen coils enough time to thaw out and leak water in your home.